"trypophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹɪpəˈfəʊbi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtɹɪpəˈfoʊbi.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trypophobia.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: trĭ'pə-fōʹbē-ə Rhymes: -əʊbiə Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”) + -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear, phobia”)), said to have been coined by a blogger from Ireland in 2005. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τρῦπα|t=hole}} Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”), {{suffix|en||phobia}} + -phobia, {{der|en|grc|φόβος||fear, phobia}} Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear, phobia”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} trypophobia (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs. Wikipedia link: Popular Science, Yahoo! GeoCities Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Phobias, Psychology Related terms: trypophobe, trypophobic, melanoheliophobia Translations (fear of holes): 密集恐懼症 (Chinese Mandarin), 密集恐惧症 (mìjíkǒngjùzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), trypofobi (Danish), tripofobia [feminine] (Galician), τρυποφοβία (trypofovía) (Greek), tripofobia [feminine] (Italian), 集合体恐怖症 (shūgōtai kyōfushō) (alt: しゅうごうたいきょうふしょう) (Japanese), 환공포증 (hwan'gongpojeung) (Korean), tripofobia (Spanish), trypofobi [common-gender] (Swedish)

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